The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words

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The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words is a list that has circulated among American busines for decades. Two words have variant spellings for companies using British English spelling. Th two words are repeated at the end of the list of 25 words asking for the British spellings.

Business writers can avoid the problem of having supervisors, colleagues, and editors mark wo as being misspelled by using the spellings preferred in their countries.

Two words also have variants that appear in dictionaries. However, business writers have clear preferences for one of the spellings and expect to see that spelling in business documents. We you to know the preferred spellings so you avoid criticism.

Select the correct or preferred spelling in each of the following questions to test your spelling o most commonly misspelled words.

1.

Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) acomodate b) accomodate c) acommodate d) accommodate e) Don't Know

2. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English?

a) acknowledgment b) acknowledgement c) acknowlegment d) acknowlegement e) Don't Know

3. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) arguement b) argument c) arguemant d) arguemint e) Don't Know

4. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) comitment b) comitmment c) commitment d) comitmant e) Don't Know

5. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) consensus b) concensus c) consencus d) consenssus e) Don't Know

6. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) deductible b) deductable c) deductuble d) deductabel e) Don't Know

7. Which of the following spellings is always preferred in American English and preferred as an adjective in British English? ("He has insulin-__________ diabetes.")

a) dependant b) depindant c) dependent d) dependunt e) Don't Know

8. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) embarras b) embaras c) embarass d) embarrass e) Don't Know

9. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) existance b) existence c) existanse d) existanc e) Don't Know

10. Which of the following spellings is correct for a page at the beginning of a book?

a) foreward b) forword c) forworde d) foreword e) Don't Know

11. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) harass b) haras c) harrass d) herrass e) Don't Know

12. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) inadvertant b) inadvartant c) inadvartent d) inadvertent e) Don't Know

13. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) indispensabel b) indispensible c) indispensable d) indespensible e) Don't Know

14. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English?

a) judgement b) judgment c) judgemant d) judgmant e) Don't Know

15. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) liason b) liasson c) liasone d) liaison e) Don't Know

16. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) license b) lisense c) licens d) lisence e) Don't Know

17. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) occassion b) ocassion c) occasion d) ocasion

e) Don't Know

18. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) occurrence b) ocurrance c) occurrance d) occurance e) Don't Know

19. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) perserverance b) persaverence c) perserverence d) perseverance e) Don't Know

20. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) prerogative b) perogative c) perogitive d) preragitive e) Don't Know

21. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) privelege b) privilege c) privlege

d) privelige e) Don't Know

22. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) procede b) proceede c) proced d) proceed e) Don't Know

23. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) seperate b) separete c) separate d) seperat e) Don't Know

24. Which of the following spellings is PREFERRED?

a) supersede b) supercede c) superceed d) suparseed e) Don't Know

25. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) withhold b) withhuld

c) withold d) withhald e) Don't Know

26. Which of the following spellings is preferred in British English?

a) acknowledgment b) acknowledgement c) acknowlegment d) acknowlegement e) Don't Know

27. Which of the following spellings is preferred in British English other than in legal documents?

a) judgement b) judgment c) judgemant d) judgmant e) Don't Know